and steve bruce's old club beat his new one as aston villa move four points clear of the premier league relegation zone. also coming up in the programme... why emery‘s in trouble at the emirates as football's sack season begins. hello again. thanks forjoining us. the day afterjofra archer was racially abused by a fan during the first test defeat to new zealand, england say the alleged culprit may have tried to get in touch with the fast bowler via social media. it's part of an investigation into the insults levelled at archer, which is being carried out by both the ecb and cricket new zealand — who have apologised to archer. there was an incident asjofra archer left the ground, as he was dismissed, there was something set in the crowd, i think on the scoreboard of the ground, which was offensive. joffrey appointed this immediately as it came off and also reported it to our security when he got back into the changing rooms that he sensed it was a racist, it was racist abuse. it is really u nfortu nate. was racist abuse. it is really unfortunate. he was obviously emotional, it hurts.

aston villa co nsta ntly seemed unaffected. aston villa constantly on the back foot. as the half hour approached, wolves should have had the lead. a much rehearsed free kick finished in style. 11 of his 1a goals scored from outside the penalty area. aston villa made a game of it before wolves regained control. aston villa got a lifeline with a late strike but it finished 2-1. with a late strike but it finished 2—1. aston villa dropping towards the drop zone. two matches in the scottish premiership to tell you about and the involve rangers and celtic. celtic are 2—0 against motherwell. 0dsonne edouard with his 13th of the season, motherwell score an own goal. and rangers, away at livingston are two goals up. joe aribo, 30 mins, gave rangers the lead. alfredo morelos scored just after half time. both old firm rivals were level on points at the top of the table ahead of kick off, celtic with the better goal difference, by a single goal. history repeats itself for the england cricket team. they‘re beat new zealand, in a thrilling final twenty20, to take the series 3

absolute heartbreak for aston villa, who for three quarters of this match, thought they were on for a famous win, but liverpool remain six points clear at the top, and 28 games unbeaten. we started off well football—wise,

to aston villa. the result moves villa out of the relegation zone and just a point behind newcastle. more on all those stories at 9:35am, see you then. police in hong kong say they're preparing to move in to the polytechnic university as a task force of mediators and medical teams carry out a floor by floor search for protestors who've been demonstrating there for the past week. officers say they'll try to avoid making any arrests and insist all protestors will be treated fairly. in a separate development, in her first public appearance since pro—democracy candidates won a sweeping victory in local elections, the territory's chief executive carrie lam said she was aware voters had expressed unhappiness with the government's handling of months of unrest. the bbc‘s stephen mcdonell is in hong kong and joins us live. hello, stephen. that seems to be something of an understatement from carrie lam, do you think voters there had expected her to say something more at this stage? both the chinese governm

earlier, wolves beat aston villa 2—1

his side face aston villa in the carabao cup quarterfinal on the 17th of december before playing the club world cup semifinal his side face aston villa in the carabao cup quarterfinal on the 17th of december before playing the club world cup semifinal in qatar the next day. it's within a 37 day period where they play 12 games across four competitions. we cannot carry on like this. so, come on, that's why i ask for a solution. these solutions so far, they sound to me like another problem and that's not... yeah, not a solution. let's quickly run you through some of today's other top stories. fleetwood town bossjoey barton will go on trial next year, accused of assaulting former barnsley boss daniel stendel. he pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm at sheffield crown court today. tendai mtawarira — more commonly known as the beast — has retired from rugby union. after 117 caps for south africa, culminating in that world cup win on saturday, he said that was the perfect ending. former great britain rugby league coach brian noble says superleague sho

aston villa beat newcastle united 2—0, to move further clear of the bottom three. they're now up to 15th after their fourth win of the season, one point behind newcastle. arlo white reports. the captain displayed his importance to aston villa on his return from injury but it was the left foot of connor which supported all three points. first he curled a shot at the near post, after a neat freekick exchange and four minutes later, his delicious delivery from the left was plugged into the roof of the net by not and unmarked player. 13 months after being sacked by villa, steve bruce left the city with the front three who scored just one goal in the off—season. it does not get any easierfor the magpies, the off—season. it does not get any easier for the magpies, they travel to manchester on the weekend. i think we have competed in every game and we will fill we deserve more points we have at the moment but our main point was to be competitive in each game. we have a group of players who i firmly believe in their performance and they are making me make them better w

and there is full commentary of aston villa against newcastle on bbc radio 5 live from 7 o'clock tonight. now to this man here — sam ward, because earlier this month he scored twice in the match that secured team gb‘s place at the tokyo 0lympics next year — but he also suffered a horrific injury in that game, which resulted in him losing the sight in his left eye. he says he will do everything he can to still make the games — and i spoke to him earlier about it all. 0bviously obviously i remember it, i could see everything. i remember seeing the ball coming towards

his career spanned 15 years, including four seasons with aston villa in the 1990s. but three years ago, police were called to his father's home, near telford. a taser was discharged and dalian atkinson was restrained. he died shortly afterwards, following a cardiac arrest. what happened there was investigated by the police watchdog. following that independent inquiry, two officers from the west mercia force appeared in court today. they were both charged this morning — one with the murder of dalian atkinson, and the other, a woman police officer, is accused of assault, causing actual bodily harm. their identities are currently being protected. the barrister for the two police officers argued that they should remain anonymous because they could face a risk to their lives if their identities became known. the judge said that it was virtually wholly unprecedented for a defendant not to be named, but he did grant an interim order and will consider the matter in full on wednesday. dalian atkinson's family said they welcomed the decision to put the officers' conduct bef

his career spanned 15 years, including four seasons with aston villa in the 1990s. but three years ago, police were called to his father's home near telford. a taser was discharged and dalian atkinson was restrained. he died shortly afterwards following a cardiac arrest. what happened there was investigated by the police watchdog. following that independent inquiry, two west mercia police officers, whose identities are being protected, appeared in court today. both were charged this morning — one with the murder of dalian atkinson and the other, a woman police officer, is accused of assault causing actual bodily harm. the barrister for the two police officers argued that they should remain anonymous because they could face a risk to their lives if their identities became known. the judge said that it was virtually wholly unprecedented for a defendant not to be named, but he did grant an interim order and will consider the matter in full on wednesday. dalian atkinson's family said they welcomed the decision to put the officers‘ conduct before a jury, but said the

absolute heartbreak for aston villa, who for three quarters of this match, thought they were on for a famous win, but liverpool remain six points clear at the top, and 28 games unbeaten. we started off well football—wise, but i didn't like it still 100%. it's playful with words, we played a bit too much here and there, there wasn't really the right moment to finish it off. we didn't shoot from 18—20 yards. we still tried to pass the ball. we had our moments, but we are clearly not clinical enough. too little bit of basic errors of concentration for us in the last 5—6 minutes, and that's cost us. very disappointed, but i'm proud of the players in the way they stood up to task today, and did what i've asked of them. we've had a chance in the first minute, we made a good save. you play against a quality team like liverpool, and you know the have a lot of ball. well manchester city were also 1—0 down at half—time. this time against southampton, a side who lost 9—0 in their last premier league game, but the champions city, also came from behind to stay in touch. this was southa

liverpool were 1—0 down to aston villa, but in what could be a pivotal day in the title race, they turned this round in the final four minutes. this was a brilliant, typically frenetic premier league match. that opener for villa came through trezeguet, the egyptian, on the end of a free—kick. there was then var controversy when liverpool had a goal for firmino ruled out debatably for offside, the premier league even released a statement to clear up this decision — they said it was his armpit that had gone beyond the defender. i'm sure there'll be plenty of discussion about the incident this week. in the end that didn't matter, becausejurgen klopp‘s side equalised in the 87th minute through andy robertson, in the circumstances that late goal might‘ve felt like a victory in itself, but then in stoppage time, they snatched all three points through the glancing head of sadio mane. absolute heartbreak for aston villa who for three quarters of this match thought they were on for a famous win, but liverpool remain six points clear at the top, and 28 games unbeaten. we started off well fo

his career spanned 15 years, including four seasons with aston villa in the 1990s. but three years ago, police were called to his father's home, near telford. a taser was discharged and dalian atkinson was restrained. he died shortly afterwards, following a cardiac arrest. what happened there was investigated by the police watchdog. following that independent inquiry, two west mercia police officers, whose identities are being protected, appeared in court today. both charged this morning — one with the murder of dalian atkinson, and the other, a woman police officer, is accused of assault, causing actual bodily harm. the barrister for the two police officers argued that they should remain anonymous because they could face a risk to their lives if their identities became known. the judge said that it was virtually wholly unprecedented for a defendant not to be named, but he did grant an interim order and will consider the matter in full on wednesday. dalian atkinson's family said they welcomed the decision to put the officers' conduct before a jury, but said they r

his career spanned 15 years, including four seasons with aston villa in the 1990s. but three years ago, police were called to his father's home, near telford. a taser was discharged and dalian atkinson was restrained. he died shortly afterwards, following a cardiac arrest. what happened there was investigated by the police watchdog. following that independent inquiry, two west mercia police officers, whose identities are being protected, appeared in court today. both charged this morning — one with the murder of dalian atkinson, and the other, a woman police officer, is accused of assault, causing actual bodily harm. the barrister for the two police officers argued that they should remain anonymous because they could face a risk to their lives if their identities became known. the judge said that it was virtually wholly unprecedented for a defendant not to be named, but he did grant an interim order and will consider the matter in full on wednesday. dalian atkinson's family said they welcomed the decision to put the officers' conduct before a jury, but said they r

a police officer has been charged with the murder of the former aston villa footballer dalian atkinson, who died after being tasered in shropshire in 2016. phil mackie is in birmingham for us now. yes, simon, so both officers, the one has been charged with murder and a female officer, who has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm, have just appeared charged with assault causing actual bodily harm, havejust appeared on birmingham magistrates' court this morning, a very brief appearance there, and they are due to come to birmingham crown court this afternoon. this all relates to an incident back in august 2016. dalian atkinson, a very well—known and much loved footballer, who played for aston villa, sheffield wednesday and ipswich town, was staying with his dad in telford. because of the incident he was tasered by these two officers, subsequently restrained and subsequently died. there was a very long investigation by the iopc, who passed on theirfiles very long investigation by the iopc, who passed on their files to the crown prosecution service a year ago today, after

villa 2—1, in the west midlands derby. it was their first victory over villa, in the top flight, for more than a0 years. jim lumsden reports. wolves were unbeaten in six league games and on the verge of qualification for the knockout stages of the europa league, evidence of fatigue would be understandable. but the energy levels seemed unaffected. villa were constantly on the back foot, and as the half hour approached, diogojota should have given wolves the lead. a doubtless much—rehearsed free kick from moutinho, finished in style by neves. ii of his goals have been scored from outside the penalty area. after the break, villa made a game of it, before wolves gained control. villa got a lifeline with a late strike, but 2—1 is finished. wolves up to eighth, villa drifting towards the drop zone. it's been a day to forget for a number of league clubs in the first round of the fa cup. macclesfield were one of those to lose to lower league opposition. the league two side were beaten 4—0 by isthmian premier division team ki

villa will not be changed. the match, on the 17th of december, is less than 2a hours before club world cup semi—final in qatar. the champions league is back tonight. a couple of early kick offs already underway — including barcelona — but liverpool and chelsea will be our focus for the next couple of minutes on sportsday. rhia chohan has been looking at how they're fairing at the halfway point. starting with liverpool then rhia. ben, it's another big night of champions league football at anfield. liverpool lost their first game against napoli back in september but they have managed to get back on track in these group stages. so, how does tonight's game look? well, klopp's side beat genk 4—1 when they met in belgium almost a fortnight ago and the omens for genk‘s trip to anfield... they're are not promising. they've conceded five goals in each of their past three champions league away games — tonight could be a significant win for liverpool. they sit currently second in their group. but they're unbea

villa will not be changed. the match, on the 17th of december, is less than 2a hours before club world cup semi—final in qatar. everton midfielder andre gomes has been discharged from hospital after successful surgery on a fracture dislocation of his right ankle. after being sent off for the tackle causing gomes‘ injury, son heung—min has had his red card overturned. gareth bale has been named in the welsh squad for their upcoming euro 2020 qualifiers, despite missing real madrid's last four matches with a calf injury. ryan giggs‘ side need to win their remaining matches against azerbaijan and hungary to stand a chance of automatic qualification. it's the biggest punishment in english rugby history. saracens have been docked 35 points and handed a 5 million pound fine for breaching salary cap regulations. premiership rugby has suspended the punishment pending a saracens appeal. our sport correspondent, katie gornall, spoke to me earlier. this is a huge story, so the saracens, the dominant force in by, s

elsewhere, wolves beat aston villa and manchester united boss ole gunnar solskjaer says he's not sure how his side didn't score five six or even seven against brighton. they had to make do with threein the 3—1 win, with andreas periera and marcus rashford bookending a davy propper own goal. excellent performance by the lads. i thought they were right on the front foot, attacking. when you see these boys go forward, as we did today, it isa boys go forward, as we did today, it is a joy to watch. we need to keep on improving, keep on winning games, and see where it takes us. where it takes them is seventh, level with wolves but ahead on goal difference. and just look at what liverpool's win means for the top four. city 9 points adrift afterjust 12 games. leicester and chelsea in between them and leaders liverpool. in the premier league era, only manchester united 26 years ago have had a bigger lead at this stage of the season. cristiano ronaldo didn't look like a happy man after being subbed off for the second game running forjuventus. it worked on sunday though, as, his replacement en

and there is full commentary of aston villa against newcastle on bbc radio 5 live from 7 o'clock tonight. now to this man here — sam ward, because earlier this month he scored twice in the match that secured team gb's place at the tokyo olympics next year — but he also suffered a horrific injury in that game, which resulted in him losing the sight in his left eye. he says he will do everything he can to still make the games — and i spoke to him earlier about it all. obviously i remember it, i could see everything. i remember seeing the ball coming towards me and ijust remember, i'm a bit stockier. i can't really get out of the way of this, i have put myself in a bit of a silly situation. but obviously it made contact with left cheek there, the side of my eye and i remember clear as day hitting the ground, kind of sitting on the ground and been like let's get up, let's get offi been like let's get up, let's get off i have got the medical staff who we re off i have got the medical staff who were on and i didn't believe they could run so fast! they were on in no time and they woke me

aston villa. the result moves villa out of the relegation zone and just a point behind newcastle. i'll be back with more on those stories after half past. throughout the campaign, bbc news will be looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost. we will be visiting10 parts of the uk where seats will be closely contested. today my colleague simon mccoy is in milford haven, in pembrokeshire. simon. thank you very much. a very blustery and windy milford haven. today, we're in milford haven, which is in the preseli pembrokeshire constituency in south—west wales. this seat has been held by the conservatives since 2005 and is bordered by three other constituencies — one conservative, and two plaid cymru. labour held this seat — or versions of it — from 1992 until 2005. the conservatives have held the seat since 2005, but in 2017 they got a majority ofjust 314, with labour in second place. and plaid cymru took neighbouring ceredigion from the liberal democrats in 2017 byjus

premier league match, helping his former club aston villa end a run of three straight defeats. a clever and brilliantly accurate free kick from conor hourihane put villa ahead. minutes later hourihane whipped in another free—kick, which anwar el ghazi converted to double the lead. newcastle would have moved up to ninth with a win but the defeat keeps them 14th a point ahead of villa. despite suffering a horrific injury earlier this month, great britain hockey player sam ward sez he's determined to compete at the tokyo olympics. we do not know anything yet. we will know more and that is the main thing, just remain with a positive attitude. at the end of the day, i hope to go to tokyo. whether it is possible completely we do not know but it is one of those things that if you do not look at it with the right frame of mind what chance do you have. that's all the sport for now. spoty nominees announced today. you can see all of them and find out about them on the bbc sports website and the app as well. that's all the sport for now. the weather is going to look different by the end

villa in the quarterfinals of that game is shared jeweled for the week commencing on the 16th of december however valve week liverpool will be in qatar playing in the fifo club world cup. i'm not concerned somebody else has to be concerned because we didn't make the fixes we didn't make this could still be said already outside in the t.v. in the room with the fever told us we will build the team world cup will be there you have to come live so we do we do the premier league tells us you have to play to probably will be do have history and and a kind of book up what they did tonight and if they don't find a place for us at an appropriate place not 3 o'clock at christmas day or some them in the morning and morning. at christmas day then then we don't played australian cricket all round again maxwell is set to take some time out from the game to deal with mental health issues the decision was made after the 31 year old met with cricket australia all on wednesday the team psychologist says he's hopeful maxwell will only spend a short time away from the guy and he will miss the rest of the cur

earlier, wolves beat aston villa 2—1 in the west midlands derby. rauljimenez scoring the second for the home side. meanwhile, manchester united eased to a 3—1victory over brighton at old trafford. in the scottish premiership, rangers beat livingston 2—0. it was also a 2—0 victory for celtic over motherwell, which means the top two remain separated byjust one goal. that‘s all from me. there‘s more on the bbc sport website. thank you very much. that‘s it. we‘re back with the late news at 10pm. now on bbc one, it‘s time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. let‘s return now to news that the royal family and senior politicians have joined military veterans and religious leaders at the cenotaph in central london to remember the fallen in conflicts over the last two centuries. as part of the commemorations, a spectacular 750,000 poppies cascaded over the white cliffs of dover. they were carried in a second world war dakota dropped from an altitude of 500ft over the battle of britain memorial. five veterans including forme

villa in the quarterfinals but if shared goals for the week commencing on the 16th of december however that weight liverpool will be and cats are paying the fee for club world cup. i'm not concerned somebody else has to be concerned because we didn't make the fixes we didn't make this could still be said already outside in a t.v. in the real to fever told us we will build the team world cup will be there you have to come there so we do the premier league tells us you have to play to probably will be do have history and and the kind of book up what we did tonight and if they don't find a place for us at an appropriate place not 3 o'clock at christmas day or some in the morning and morning. at christmas day than then we don't play it. australian cricket will run again maxwell is set to take some time out from the game to deal with mental health issues the decision was made after the 31 year old met with cricket australia on wednesday the team psychologist says he's hopeful maxwell will only spend a short time away from the guy he will miss the rest of the current t 20 series with sri lan

villa in the quarter finals that game a shadow for the week commencing on the 16th of december how about just one problem they will pull will be in cats playing in the fee for club world cup. i'm not concerned somebody else has to be concerned because we didn't make the fixes we didn't make this could still be said already outside in the t.v. in the real to fever told us we will build the team to be there you have to come live so we do the premier league tells us you have to play to probably will be do have history and in the current book of. what they did tonight and if they don't find a place for us at the inappropriate place not 3 o'clock at christmas tails on them in the morning and morning. at christmas day than then we don't played australian cricket all round again maxwell is set to take time out from the game to deal with mental health issues the decision was made after the 31 year old met with officials from cricket australia or wednesday the team psychologist says he's hopeful maxwell will learn he spend a short time away from the game he will missed the rest of the current t 2

last 8 after beating also on penalties following a $55.00 draw at anfield they've been drawn to play aston villa in the quarterfinals of that game is shared jeweled for the week commencing on the 16th of december however val week liverpool will be in qatar playing in the fee for club world cup. i'm not concerned somebody else has to be concerned because we didn't make the fixes we didn't make this could still be said already outside in a t.v. in the room with the fever told us we will build the team world cup will be there you have to come live with to be do the premier league tells us you have to play to probably will be do have history and and the current book up what they did tonight and if they don't find a place for us at an appropriate place not 3 o'clock at christmas tails on them in the morning and morning. at christmas day than then we don't played australian cricket all round again maxwell is set to take some time out from the game to deal with mental health issues the decision was made after the 31 year old met with cricket australia on wednesday the team psychologist says he's

liverpool taking on aston villa, were a goal down after trezeguet struck midway through the first half. liverpool didn't equalise until the 87th minute through andy robertson. and then in the fifth minute of added time sadio mane won it. we played a bit too much here, but too much there. it was not really the right moment to finish it off. we didn't shoot from, like 18—20 yards, not really. we still try to pass the ball here and there. we had our moments but we are really not clear, not clinical enough. southampton an early goal. james ward prowse wasn't missing that. but sergio aguero equalised and then defender kyle walker won it late on. so city remain six points behind leaders liverpool, manager pep guardiola is well aware of the threat liverpool pose to his side this season and their ability to come back and win matches. it happened many times and liverpool have done that in the last years. sometimes it is this talent to score incredible goals in the last minute, he isa incredible goals in the last minute, he is a talent so like what happened in the past few seasons it takes a s

the other sunday match saw wolverhampton wanderers rise to eighth after beating aston villa. the season—ending atp tour finals are under way. world number two novak djokovic made a winning start. he beats matteo berrettini of italy in straight sets in just 49 minutes. roger federer is in action against dominic thiem. but the six time champion, lost the first set 5—7. it's currently 3—3 in the second set. the four player, djokovic, berretini, federer and thiem are in the same group, in the round robin phase of the competition. great britain's wheelchair racer hannah cockroft set a new world record to win her fifth consecutive t34100m title at the world pa ra—athletics championships. from dubai, our reporter kate grey rounds up sunday's action. the world records continue to fall here in dubai on day four of these championships and earlier today, we saw great britain's hannah break the record beating her team—mate who had beaten her at the european championships last year and also stole her world record. but she put that right today and was very emotional and overwhelm

the other sunday match saw wolverhampton wanderers rise to 8th after beating aston villa. it‘s still neck and neck at the top of the scottish premiership after celtic and rangers both won. rangers beat livingston 2—0, while celtic beat motherwell by the same scoreline. 0dsonne edouard with celtic‘s first to keep them in first place on goal difference. novak djokovic has made a winning start at the season—ending atp world tour tennis finals. he beat matteo berrettini 6—2, 6—1 in his first match. not such a good opening match for roger federer, who lost to dominic thiem, the austrian winning the first set 7—5. and the world number five won the second set by the same scoreline. it‘s the third time this year that thiem has beaten federer. great britain have won two silvers on the final day of the track cycling world cup in glasgow. katie archibald and elinor barker came second in the madison event, australia took gold, while mark stewart finished second in the men‘s omnium. after golds for hannah cockroft and maria lyle at the world pa ra—athletics champion

villa. there remainsjust one goal between the top two in the scottish premiership. 2—0 victories today for both rangers and celtic means the reigning champions still top the table on goal difference. england's cricketers secured a 3—2 t20 series victory over new zealand after winning a thrilling final match in auckland. and in a repeat of this summer's 50—over world cup final, the game had to be settled by a super—over. adam wild reports. they say lightning never strikes twice. but in auckland, the conditions were an ominous sign. when the rain finally stopped and cricket got started, the thunderous blows soon followed. new zealand with a lightning—fast start. the black caps' batting lighting up those grey skies. 146 on the board, jonny bairstow took charge of the reply. part of england's one—day world cup winning side that so narrowly beat new zealand in the summer. surely it couldn't get so close this time? yet here was chrisjordan. four needed off the final ball to tie the sco

leaders liverpool were heading for their first defeat of the season at aston villa. they were 1—0 down with just a couple of minutes to play at villa park, but andy robertson equalised in the 87th minute before sadio mane headed a brilliant winner from a corner deep into injury time. that keeps them six points clear of manchester city. city also came from behind. they were losing 1—0 at half—time to southampton, but kyle walker was their match winner in the 86th minute. sergio aguero had scored the equaliser, 2—1 to city. for a couple of minutes, they thought they had narrowed the gap on liverpool until the new filtered through from villa park of the turnaround there as well. four other results on a fascinating day in the premier league, newcastle 3—2 away at west ham, sheffield united are up to ninth after beating burnley 3—0. arsenal meanwhile threw away the lead again, they drew 1—1 at home with wolves. while chelsea move up to third with a win over watford. there were a couple of shock defeats elsewhere in europe today — perhaps the biggest in ger

they were trailing 1—0 at aston villa before andy robertson equalised in the 87th minute and sadio mane scored the winner in injury time. they remain six points clear of manchester city. city came from behind to beat southampton 2—1 at home, kyle walker with the winner inside the last five minutes. arsenal drew at home to wolves, and there were wins for brighton, sheffield united, newcastle and chelsea. celtic are into the scottish league cup final after beating hibernian 5—2 at hampden park. the scottish champions have won the league cup for the last three seasons. mohamed elyounoussi scored twice in the first half. captain scott brown also added two in the second. rangers and hearts play in the other semifinal tomorrow. great britain's rugby league team are still waiting for their first win on tour. they were beaten by tonga last weekend and this morning in auckland they lost 12—8 to new zealand. adam wild reports. it's been more than a decade since great britain's rugby league lions faced new zealand. whilst much in the game has changed, the ferocity of the welcome is not one o

aston villa are there who haven't played today but we keep coming back to southampton. you feel that something has to change at st marys quickly or they could be a shake—up. michael o'neill made the perfect start to life as stoke city manager as they moved off the bottom of the championship with a 4—2 victory over barnsley. meanwhile nottingham forest are up to fourth after beating local rivals derby i—o. lewis grabban pouncing on a mistake to get the only goal in a fiery game at the city ground. elsewhere in the championship leaders west brom were 1—0 winners at hull, second place preston beat huddersfield 3—1, there were also wins for leeds and fulham whilst swansea scored a 94th minute equaliser in a two all draw at sheffield wednesday. in the scottish premiership managerless hearts claimed their first home win in seven months beating st mirren 5—2. hamilton academical held on for over an hour with ten men to claim a point at kilmarnock.a three one win at ross county takes aberdeen upto third in the table. and hibs — who are also managerless — hammere

also tonight: the death of the former aston villa striker, dalian atkinson —

villa striker has been lifted. dalian atkinson died after he was restrained by police and tasered in 2016. west mercia police constable benjamin monk is charged with murder. a second officer, mary ellen bettley—smith, is charged with assault causing actual bodily harm. more and more people are buying electric cars in a bid to cut carbon emissions. the key ingredient for the car batteries is cobalt — and that could mean new mines being opened up on the ocean floor to extract it. environmental groups are worried that mining the deep ocean will cause lasting damage — so research is underway off the coast of spain into its impact. our science editor david shukman has had exclusive access. in the waters off malaga, an experiment with a strange—looking machine, lowered underwater to test a new and controversial kind of mining on the ocean floor. a camera on the machine monitors its advance over the sea bed. a soft coral stands in its path. mining would involve excavating rocks down here, and no—one knows the im

aston villa player atkinson. he was tasered, felled by an electric shock. there are limits to what we can say about it that it raises concerns about the less lethal alternative. stun guns. he doesn't set on the front page here but you can look elsewhere for the detail and around 17,000 are trading to use tasers. the big question is, if they've got it, how do you use it? if you didn't have it, are there other techniques? you get a bit of an arms race. you can sometimes see lethal outcomes. when this new policy was raised back in september. they said they were going to raise around 10 million, and looking at using a taser rollout. there wasn't unanimous support for this. it was split between rank—and—file and superiors. superiors did not like this. boots on the ground, saying we support this. the police federation of england and wales is often more hawkish than this. the police chief counsel. of course, the police federation were the ones who represent people, the men and women on the beach to put their lives on the line, the thin blue line. the big diffi

aston villa are playing newcastle at villa park, with the home side hoping to pull a litle further away from the relegation zone. that's all the sport for now. the spoty nominees announced today. we will have a little profile at half past ten p:m., when we will have sportsday. hugh, thanks so much. students at almost half of all uk universities are facing disruption to their classes — as lecturers and support staff started an 8—day strike over pensions, pay, and working conditions. this latest action follows strikes in february and march last year — meaning some students are being affected for the second time. universities say they'll do all the can to minimise the effect on students. our education correspondent lisa hampele reports. across the country, around 1 billion students are being affected by the strike. union members say they have reached breaking point. now they are striking over pay, workload, equality and job security as well as pensions. it is thought that over 43,000 members at the university and college union are on strike today. the union is angry that members are

villa. and manchester united moved up to seventh, with a 3—1victory, over brighton at old trafford. excellent performance by the lads. i thought they were right on the front foot attacking. when you see these boys going forward as they did today, it is a joy to watch. we need today, it is a joy to watch. we need to keep on improving, winning games, and see where it takes us. now celtic remain top of the scottish premiership following a 2—0 victory at home to motherwell.... but rangers kept up the pressure on their old firm rivals by winning 2—0 away to livingston. joe aribo and alfredo morelos scored for rangers. it's tight at the top rangers are level on points with celtic, but are behind on a goal difference ofjust one. in rugby union, there were two games in the premiership today — earlier london irish beat leicester tiger 36—11 while there was plenty of drama at sandy park, as bristol came back from a 17 point defecit at half time to claim a late victory against exeter chiefs â

liverpool managerjurgen klopp says his team need to learn from their narrow escape at aston villa after they left it late to snatch all three points and maintain their six point lead at the top of the premier league. klopp's side were a goal down after trezeguet struck midway through the first half to give villa the lead. liverpool didn't equalise until the 87th minute through andy robertson. and then in the fifth minute of added time sadio mane won it. we played a bit too much here in there, not really at the right moment to finish it off. we didn't shoot from 18—20 yards. we still try to pass the ball here in there. we had our moments, but we were not clear in good enough. rory mcilroy has won the world golf championship in shanghai after a play—off. mcilroy beat the defending champion xander schauffele after the pair were tied at 19 under par after four rounds. in the first play—off hole mcilroy‘s birdie was enough to secure his fourth title of the year after the american could only make par. there was play off drama too in the latest women's lpga event in taipei. american ne

villa will be played. it clashes with liverpool's trip to the club world cup in qatar in december. the premier league is unlikely to change their schedule to accomodate it and the fixtures are piling up for liverpool it is obvious. it is obvious that it is too much. absolutely obvious. everybody involved in the game will tell you that and you know it as well. the premier league, what a competition, sensational, etc, but then at the calabar cup, and as competition of ready and we had a wonderful game —— the cannibal the end of january after a busy schedule in december and maybe the football leagues, but they have set on the table and really discuss and think about the players and not about their wallet. lewis hamilton should win his sixth formula one title this weekend. he's in texas, where we've already had first practice at the circuit of the americas for sunday's us grand prix. jenny gow is there for us. it is practice day here at the circuit of the americas. you might be able to hear some of the car

villa. so city remain six points behind leaders liverpool, manager pep guardiola playing mind games after the match ahead of that clash with liverpool next weekend. it happened many times, liverpool has done it in past years. sometimes it is diving, sometimes scoring an incredible goals in the last minute. he isa incredible goals in the last minute. he is a talent. rory mcilroy has won the world golf championship in shanghai after a play—off. mcilroy beat the defending champion xander schauffele after the pair were tied at 19 under par after four rounds. in the first play—off hole mcilroy‘s birdie was enough to secure his fourth title of the year after the american could only make par. i played very patient golf, notjust today but over the weekend. i was bogey free over the weekend, which was nice to do. if someone had told me that on friday night, i wouldn‘t have thought i would have needed a play—off to win. zander played great and it was a great final round to be and it was a gr

leaders liverpool were heading for their first defeat of the season at aston villa. they were 1—0 down with just a couple of minutes to play at villa park but andy robertson equalised in the 87th minute before sadio mane headed a brilliant winner from a corner deep into injury time. that keeps them six points clear of manchester city. manchester city also came from behind. they were losing 1—0 at half—time to southampton but kyle walker was their match—winner in the 86th minute. how important could both of those results be in the title race this season? the rest of the day's results are on the bbc sport website and app. celtic are into the scottish league cup final after beating hibs at hampden park. the scottish champions have won the league cup for the last three seasons and they were 3—1 up at half—time before the captain scott brown got a second—half brace to seal a 5—2 victory — their 30th consecutive domestic cup tie win. they'll face the winners of tomorrow's other semi between rangers and hearts. formula 1 — and lewis hamilton's hopes of s

villa in the west midlands derby and manchester united have a 2—0 lead over brighton at old trafford. england beat new zealand in a super—over again, to win their final twenty20 match to take the series 3—2. and hannah cockroft sets a new world record to win her fifth consecutive t3a100m title at the world para—athletics championships in dubai thousands of people are having to deal with a third day of chaos from severe flooding in parts of england with damaged homes, disrupted businesses and travel disruption. seven severe flood warnings are in place on the river don in yorkshire meaning there's a danger to life. there's also concern that water levels are rising on sections of the river trent near newark. in the last hour, doncaster council has advised local residents to evacuate fishla ke. those still in the village should contact the council to organise immediate evacuation with the council saying it can only offer dedicated support to people who are not in an area where there is a threat to life. jenny kumar reports. people here in the village of fishlake are marooned. the o

villa striker has been lifted by a judge. dalian atkinson died after he was restrained by police and tasered in 2016. west mercia police constable benjamin monk is charged with murder. a second officer, mary ellen bettley—smith, is charged with assault causing actual bodily harm. inflation has fallen to its lowest level in nearly three years. the annual rise in the cost of living — as measured by the consumer prices index — was 1.5% last month, down from 1.7% in september. the office for national statistics says inflation has been affected by changes to the energy price cap which brought down the cost of gas and electricity. the high court has blocked plans by postal workers to stage a series of strikes before the general election and in the run up to christmas. royal mail brought the case, arguing that the strike ballot by the communication workers' union "was unlawful". emma simpson is here with me. what was the strike about and why has it been ruled unlawful? this dispute is about a huge range of issues, from job sec

leaders liverpool were heading for their first defeat of the season at aston villa. they were 1—0 down with just a couple of minutes to play at villa park but andy robertson equalised in the 87th minute before sadio mane headed a brilliant winner from a corner deep into injury time. that keeps them six points clear of manchester city. we started well football—wise, but i didn't like it still 100%. it's playful with words, we played a bit too much here and there, there wasn't really the right moment to finish it off. we didn't shoot from 18—20 yards. we still tried to pass the ball. we had our moments, but we are clearly not clinical enough. manchester city also came from behind. they were losing 1—0 at half—time to southampton but kyle walker was their match—winner in the 86th minute. for a couple of minutes, they thought they had narrowed the gap on liverpool until the news filtered through from villa park of the turn—around there as well. in the day's early kick—off, manchester united's recent upturn in form came to an end on the south coast. bourne

people will remember dalian atkinson‘ for his spells with ipswich town, and at aston villa. in august 2016, he was at his father‘s house, there was an incident, during which two lease officers tasered him. that led to a three—year investigation. in the past year, this morning, they decided to charge both officers. they appeared a short distance away at birmingham magistrates‘ court and this afternoon at birmingham crown court. we cannot name either of the officers. that is really unusual. thejudge said it officers. that is really unusual. the judge said it was almost unprecedented. the reason being that defence lawyers have argued that if either of those two officers are identified, their lives could be put at risk. they offered no evidence to support those claims but a judge has adjourned a hearing on whether or not to decide whether we can name them until next wednesday. the case itself, the charge of murder and the charge of assault has been adjourned. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. likely to see problems of flooding, parti

a police constable has been charged with murdering the former aston villa footballer dalian atkinson who died after being tasered in shropshire in 2016. the crown prosecution service says a second officer is accused of assault causing actual bodily harm. both are due to appear in court this afternoon. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is here with the details. remind our viewers first of all about the background of this. dalian atkinson was an exciting player, he started his career at ipswich and went on to play for sheffield wednesday, but he will probably be best remembered for his time at aston villa under ron atkinson, the manager there, and he scored some terrific goals and ended his career in 2001. he also played abroad in turkey in particular. but in later yea rs, turkey in particular. but in later years, he had suffered from ill health, and in august 2016, police we re health, and in august 2016, police were called to an incident outside his father's house in telford. the details of that obviously will become clearer as this case goes to court, but what we do know fro

villa 2—1 in the west midlands derby. it was their first victory over villa in the top flight for more than a0 years. jim lumsden reports. wolves were unbeaten in six league games and on the verge of qualification for the knockout stages of the europa league, evidence of fatigue would be understandable. but the energy levels seemed unaffected. villa were constantly on the back foot, and as the half hour approached, diogojota should have given wolves the lead. a doubtless much—rehearsed free kick from moutinho, finished in style by neves. 11 of his goals have been scored from outside the penalty area. after the break, villa made a game of it, before wolves gained control. villa got a lifeline with a late strike, but 2—1 is finished. wolves up to eighth, villa drifting towards the drop zone. 0ur idea in the first half, we controlled villa, we played them, we opened them and created many chances. the goal came late, but it was deserved. you could see a lot of chances. this is what makes me proud, not records, it is a dai